Friday (7/6)
* Meeting up with the Lasers at Grandma Vaupel's home. Driving home with Krista.
* Hearing about ice cream at Orange Leaf (though not partaking myself, per Victor's continued dairy dilemma).
Saturday (7/7)
* Listening to the Cedar Rapids municipal band at the farmer's market.
* Lori rolls in! Nice walk in the sunshine.
Sunday (7/8)
* Church at CVBC, encouraging message by Joel DeSousa on Genesis.
* Ben surprised us by arriving just after lunch.
Monday (7/9)
* Uncle Kevin keeping the little squirt happy as a clam while we re-pack our stuff to head to the real vacation.
* Kevin's first-of-many nights manning the grill (burgers. To be followed by chicken, brats/dogs, steaks, and pork steaks in subsequent evenings.)
* Kicking off family devotions, a different person leading each night. The theme: animals.
Tuesday (7/10)
* Going to the grocery store. On vacation, this is not just an errand. It is a quest. An adventure. Sets the stage for a very wonderful week.
* Breaking out Dad's long-long-awaited Rack-o game.
* Victor's first vegetables: carrots (with rice cereal. Real delicious.)
* (Victor slept great this night!)
Wednesday (7/11)
* Outing to Dubuque, fun bulk dry goods store, guys and kids got to take a cool elevator kind of thing up a huge hill.
* Ben's devotions on the bronze serpent and Jesus (with hand-drawn illustrations).
Thursday (7/12)
* The rest of the crew goes to swimming pool (Victor and I hang out at the barn with Grammy)
* Nice long walk with Lori, Victor, Ben, Kevin, and Kate. Footballs and vine-swinging...
Friday (7/13)
* Trip to Target with Lasers, matching outfits for the kids for family photos.
* Hudson and Ezra loving on Victor.
* Victor's Great Bath Challenge: including major poop explosion (and new talent for flipping over while changing), too-tight onesie impossible to remove (with aforementioned poop all up the back), peeing on the towel, spitting up in the bath water, impressive flipping/wrestling moves while trying to affix fresh diaper. A true triumph to complete.
* Chocolate chip cookies and celebrating Father's Day with the whole clan
Saturday (7/14)
* Going to the farmer's market with Victor and Auntie Lori
* Victor's bathtime with Grandad. Super much simpler than previous night (must have known he had an audience).
* Brian's smoked grilled pork steaks and getting to sit with the family for the whole dinner (since we ate a little later and Victor was already down for bed)
* Betsy's angel food cake and celebrating Grammy's birthday
Sunday (7/15)
* Fabulous coffee cake and celebrating Betsy's birthday in the morning
* Family pics. Blood, sweat, and tears, but they are precious! (Full photo coming...)
The Lord was so kind to us this week!
love the snapshots of the week! and what a wonderful week it was! love you!
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